From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2007-11-26T05:28:31+09:00
Subject: Re: entering nil string value through gets

Robert Dober wrote:
> I would not rely on EOF (<Ctrl>D) for interactive input
>

One data point:  using Ctrl-D to enter EOF in interactive input works on 
mac os x.

gets(...)    => string or nil
------------------------------------------------------------------------
     ...
    Returns +nil+ at end of file.




party = gets

if party != nil
  party = party.chomp

  if party == 'democrats'
    puts 'dems'
  elsif party == 'republicans'
    puts 'rep'
  end

end
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